IVAN KOLOFF: AN IN & OUT OF CHARACTER CHAT

Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales, the WWWF and more are topics on this special edition of THE APTER CHAT taped on 11/20/16 at Allentown, Pennsylvania's famed Bud Carson's Pro Wrestling World.

[@magicbus63]

Ivan Koloff&Superstar Billy Graham vs the Road Warriors would be a classic!

[@elc1960]

Ivan Koloff deserved to be in WWE's Hall of Fame right from the get-go. There's still a chance for him to be inducted; let's hope that he doesn't go the way of Professor Tanaka, Johnny Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel and other former WWWF stars who likely will never be inducted. That would be just a damn shame.

[@erikk.5202]

RIP Ivan.

[@DustinBlythe]

Could you have found a worse place to conduct an interview? Was an airport runway or subway tunnel unavailable?

[@magicbus63]

Hey Bill did Ivan Koloff ever team with Superstar Billy Graham

[@funkyflashman]

They was regular partners in the AWA.

[@elc1960]

Graham and Koloff got WWWF tag title matches against Louis Cerdan & Tony Parisi back in 1976 at Madison Square Garden, among other venues. One of the matches is here on KZbin.

[@VTECH650]

Legends iconic moments Ivan speaks of not to mention Ivan the Russian Bear Koloff is as legendary as they come god bless him I met him at the big event last Saturday what a true gentleman sweetheart of a guy I was just proud to meet Ivan Koloff he's still the man

[@warrenpowell9077]

They could have recorded this in a better place

[@brandyferguson9605]

Ivan Koloff was the best heel ever !!!!When i was a kid in the early 80's i would see Ivan Koloff at the city armory in lynchburg va. My dad and Ivan got in to a little tussle because as Ivan was coming to the ring my dad wanted to beat him up so i will always remember that

[@CollectingCardboard]

Two LEGENDS,...both responsible in their own rights, for making wrestling entertainment, what it is, today! For what it's worth, for me personally,...the heydays of "The Russian Bear", Andre, Putski, Bruno, etc. were MUCH, MUCH BETTER days for "wrastlin" than today. Back then, it was good 'ole "fightin'/wrastlin'". TODAY,...it's LITERALLY like a gosh darn SOAP OPERA for grown "men" (that's debatable...?!??). If you miss an EPISODE (we used to call them matches/cards/events) or two, of wrestling in THIS generation, it'd be like missing an episode of Days Of Our Lives, etc.; you'd be LOST, and have NO IDEA about what's going on!!? BTW,...in case you couldn't tell, I haven't "seriously" watched wrestling, in about 25 years or so. Nevertheless,...you guys are LEGEND, and what you did/do/have done over the last 50-or-so years, is appreciated!

[@VTECH650]

greg errautt I couldn't agree more with everything you said sadly younger fans don't know how great wrestling was back then and a lot done care to know or watch that's stuff that stuff is near and dear to my heart forever all those special moments Ivan more then deserves a hall of fame induction i don't know how guys like he and Rick Rude get overlooked for the hall of fame each year such a crime to wrestling

[@magicbus63]

Some Of My Favorite Heels Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham Roddy Piper Ric Flair Stan Hansen Paul Orndorff

[@clinttorres2508]

Wtf. Can't understand a word. LOL